Soul Skills Transformed into Secret Arts

Soul Skills Transformed into Secret Arts

Qin Sheng landed in the city that had caught his attention.

In one part of the city stood a noble's estate, but it was drenched in blood, corpses scattered everywhere.

Qin Sheng entered a small courtyard and pushed open the door.

Beside the bed lay a dead middle-aged woman. One of her hands reached beneath the bed, while the other remained outside.

Qin Sheng moved the corpse aside and looked down.

A young girl was hiding beneath the bed. Her face was pale and streaked with tears, her eyes vacant. The woman's hand had covered her mouth, and she had been frightened into silence.

The sound Qin Sheng made caused her to curl up and tremble without stopping.

The girl's Soul Power was also at level twenty. Qin Sheng had already guessed her identity.

"Zhang Lexuan?"

"Kill me... kill me..."

The girl muttered to herself, completely broken.

Qin Sheng shook his head, rendered her unconscious, and took her away.

Blazing Spirit City.

It was a moderately sized city jointly governed by the City Lord's Manor and the Luo Family, a Soul Master family.

Naturally, Blazing Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy, founded by Qin Sheng's grandfather, was also highly respected.

In truth, Soul Master Academies were inherently pure institutions. They cultivated and supplied talent for the continent, and every nation placed great importance on each advanced Soul Master Academy. None would deliberately target or suppress them.

An institution like Shrek, an emperor above emperors and a state within a state, had always been the sole exception throughout history.

Within Blazing Spirit Academy.

Qin Sheng sat with his father, Qin Ding, and his mother, Ning Huanger, and told them what had happened to him.

"We encountered Evil Soul Masters. Grandfather sent me away and stayed behind alone to hold them off. There has been no news of him since."

Qin Ding and Ning Huanger wore grief-stricken expressions and remained silent for a long time.

They both knew that Father could not possibly have survived.

No one had expected that a Soul Douluo taking a Quasi Great Soul Master to obtain a Soul Ring would encounter such a disaster.

That was the era they lived in.

"Evil Soul Masters at the Soul Douluo level, and they were even moving in groups. Could Evil Soul Masters have an organization as well?"

"Sheng, don't be afraid, and don't blame yourself." Qin Ding comforted him.

"Your grandfather would be happy to see that you returned safely."

Sorrow and killing intent filled Qin Sheng's eyes as he said firmly,

"I will avenge Grandfather."

"What about the girl you brought back?" Ning Huanger asked.

"Her entire family was killed. I found her."

Qin Ding sighed. "She is a pitiful child too. Let her stay."

"You still haven't attached your second Soul Ring. Once we settle your grandfather's affairs, we'll take you to find one."

Qin Sheng nodded in agreement.

Qin Ding and Ning Huanger hurried away. With Qin Sheng's grandfather gone, they had far too much to deal with.

In the room next door, Qin Sheng pushed open the door. The girl who was likely Zhang Lexuan had already awakened.

"This is Blazing Spirit City. You're safe now."

The girl sat on the bed with her knees hugged to her chest, utterly motionless.

Qin Sheng shook his head. "I'll have someone bring you food."

"Thank you."

A very faint voice sounded. Qin Sheng heard it, but he still left the room.

This was not something an outsider could comfort away. She had to slowly emerge from it herself.

What the girl needed now was quiet space, not someone's self-righteous attempts at consolation.

Qin Sheng found a place to continue studying his Martial Soul, the Spirit-Control Banner.

His first Soul Skill was called Mental Frenzy. It could send his spiritual power into a frenzied state for a short time, increasing its offensive power while greatly strengthening his resistance to all manner of negative mental effects.

Under normal circumstances, a spiritual-type Soul Master's first Soul Skill would be a purely offensive ability. Qin Sheng's choice of this enhancement-type Soul Skill was clearly based on knowledge from his previous life.

Once he acquired offensive Soul Skills in the future, frenzied spiritual power would undoubtedly become even more powerful. This was an ability meant to be used in conjunction with other Soul Skills.

Unfortunately, he had not lived long enough to see his Soul Skill system take shape.

"I don't lack offensive methods, so when attaching Soul Skills in the future, I should focus on enhancement types or abilities with other special effects," Qin Sheng thought.

"Keep strengthening the foundation, then use martial arts or secret arts in battle."

It was an extremely radical method of attaching Soul Skills. No one but Qin Sheng could use it like this.

His first Soul Ring lit up, and Mental Frenzy activated. Qin Sheng carefully experienced the sensation.

"Most Soul Masters use Soul Skills by rigidly activating their Soul Rings. They don't understand the actual principles behind them."

"I wonder if I can manifest Soul Skills in the form of secret arts, allowing my other selves in different worlds to use them as well?"

Some Soul Skills in Douluo Continent were rather pathetic, such as making plants bind an opponent...

But others were incredibly impressive, such as Invincible Golden Body and Eternal Wound.

Invincibility, ignoring physical defense... what would they become if converted into universal secret arts?

At that thought, Qin Sheng's eyes gained a hint of interest. It was an intriguing question.

"This world has quite a few bizarre Soul Skills. There is much worth studying."

As always, Qin Sheng was currently in a real world.

What he needed to do was not look down on it, but absorb as much nourishment from this world as possible and improve himself.

Even a martial arts world could bring him benefits, let alone Douluo, a fantasy world.

The Martial Soul system possessed countless varied abilities. It truly was an excellent source of reference.

"In Shrouding the Heavens, one must begin making initial contact with the laws of heaven and earth from the Four Extremes Secret Realm onward, gaining control over space. The gods of Douluo are the same. Though they are different worlds, if I become a god in this world, I can at least gain more insight into the laws."

"The collision of systems from different worlds and the convergence of insights into the Great Dao are themselves immense opportunities that others could never obtain even if they begged for them."

Qin Sheng continuously used Mental Frenzy, deeply sensing the operation of the Soul Skill, and gradually formed his own understanding.

Mental Frenzy stimulated spiritual power through a unique method, splitting it into two parts and making them clash until they finally erupted.

"It's easy enough to achieve. After all, it's only a hundred-year Soul Skill. Perhaps I can try increasing the Soul Skill's age..."

If even Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could do it, Qin Sheng had no reason to be unable to.

However, after careful consideration, Qin Sheng still chose to obtain Soul Rings from Soul Beasts.

He needed those unique Soul Skills as subjects for research.

To Qin Sheng, this body in Douluo Continent was more useful for research than for combat. As long as it could provide a steady increase in combat strength, that was enough.

Before long, Qin Sheng had grasped the essence of his first Soul Skill. Even if he lost this Soul Ring in the future, it would not affect his ability to use Mental Frenzy.

At the same time, Qin Sheng had this body begin cultivating the Yijin Jing internal art.

The three Qin Shengs in the martial arts world had now become legends of the martial world, proficient in every kind of martial art.

Even the Western Shu Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Skill could dominate Douluo Continent. The Yijin Jing was simply a supreme divine art.

The girl also gradually calmed down and became capable of speaking with others.

She truly was Zhang Lexuan.

After all, an eight-year-old at level twenty, a noble whose entire family had been exterminated—there was likely no second case like this anywhere on the continent in the past century.

Qin Sheng felt somewhat moved. He had not expected to pick up such a genius.

If Huo Yuhao, that cheater, was excluded, Zhang Lexuan could even be called the greatest genius after Mu En.

She had advanced to Soul Douluo at only twenty-two or twenty-three. The Haotian Twin Stars from ten thousand years ago were not even worth mentioning before her.

Zhang Lexuan's appearance also allowed Qin Sheng to confirm the timeline.

There were still three or four years before Huo Yuhao's birth, and far longer before he entered Shrek.

With a shift in thought, Qin Sheng stopped paying attention to it.

Whether it was some child of destiny or savior of the continent, he did not care.

"Zhang Lexuan."

Qin Sheng said, "Do you know who harmed your family?"

Zhang Lexuan fell silent. After a while, she said softly,

"I don't know. Mother never told me about things at home."

Qin Sheng nodded. Of course. How could an eight-year-old child know so much?

The original story said that the Zhang Family had been persecuted by a great noble of the Heaven Dou Empire. To be called a great noble and dare slaughter another noble family at will, they had to be at least a marquis, right?

Once the scope was narrowed down, the investigation would not be difficult.

"Stay at Blazing Spirit Academy and cultivate properly from now on. Your talent is excellent. In the future, you can avenge them with your own hands."

"Revenge... I don't know who to seek revenge against, and I don't know if I can do it." Zhang Lexuan was despondent.

"As long as you cultivate to the rank of Titled Douluo, uncovering the truth will be easy. If you cultivate to Super Douluo, taking revenge will be just as easy."

"You have Innate Full Soul Power, right? That is the best talent. You can do it."

"Yes, I have Innate Full Soul Power."

As Zhang Lexuan spoke, she summoned her Martial Soul. It was a moon.

"The moon. A very powerful Martial Soul." Qin Sheng examined it for a few moments. The essence of this Martial Soul was extraordinary.

Only in Douluo Continent could something related to the sun and moon be inferior to a hammer or a butterfly in other worlds.

As for whether Zhang Lexuan's Moon Martial Soul had anything to do with the Sun-Moon Empire's imperial family?

Who cared?

"In a few days, I'll take you to attach your second Soul Ring. Get some rest."

After saying that, Qin Sheng left.

Zhang Lexuan watched his departing figure, feeling deeply grateful.

This little brother was such a good person.

Qin Sheng had always acted very maturely, but he had overlooked one point.

His current body was only eight years old, and he was even younger than Zhang Lexuan by a few months...

Five more days passed. Qin Ding and Ning Huanger, both Soul Sages, personally set out with Qin Sheng and Zhang Lexuan to obtain Soul Rings.

Do not look at how Shrek Academy had so many Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos among its upper ranks, with even its top inner court disciples under twenty nearly reaching the Soul Sage rank, and think Soul Sages were common.

In reality, across Douluo Continent, the upper ranks of most advanced Soul Master Academies were only Soul Sages. Their students, even the especially outstanding ones, were merely Soul Ancestors.

Blazing Spirit Academy was such an ordinary academy.

"This time, we won't go to the Star Dou Great Forest. We'll go to Radiant Forest."

Qin Ding and Ning Huanger were extremely wary of Evil Soul Masters. They were uncertain whether those four Evil Soul Masters were still in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Sheng, Lexuan, we'll find the Soul Beasts most suitable for you." Ning Huanger stroked Zhang Lexuan's head.

Qin Sheng nodded, though inwardly he was considering finding a nine-thousand-year Soul Beast for himself.

With the enhancement from Infinite Land, his physical constitution had already surpassed what people imagined possible for a Soul Grandmaster.

If not for wanting to experience the differences between hundred-year, thousand-year, and Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and Soul Skills, deepening his understanding of Soul Rings, he could have chosen a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his second one.

Soul shock? It would be good enough if Qin Sheng did not shock those Soul Beasts instead.

A hundred-year first Soul Ring, a thousand-year second Soul Ring, a Ten Thousand Year third Soul Ring, and a hundred-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring—this was Qin Sheng's plan.

One step at a time. It could be considered a standard configuration.

(End of Chapter)